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| The world's '''Turkic peoples''', numbering perhaps 130 million people in all, are the diverse descendants of large groups of tribespeople thought to have originated in ]. The precise date of their intitial expansion from their early homeland is unkown, but the first known Turkic state, that of the ] (or Kokturks) is dated to the 6th century AD. ], whose origins go back to 1200 B.C., are also considered as one of the first Turkic tribes by some scholars. | |||
| Later Turkic peoples include the ] (mainly 8th century), ], ], ] (or Ghuz) Turks, and ]. As these peoples were founding states in the area between Mongolia and ], they came into contact with Muslim peoples and gradually adopted ]. However, there were also (and still are) Turkic people belonging to different religions (], ] (see ]), ], ]). | |||
| Turkic soldiers in the army of the ] ] emerged as ''de facto'' rulers of most of the Muslim Middle East (except Syria and Egypt), particularly after the 10th century. Oghuz and other tribes captured and dominated various countries under the leadership of the Seljuk dynasty and eventually captured the territories of the Abbasid dynasty and the ]. | |||
| Meanwhile, Kirghiz and Uighurs were struggling with each other and with the mighty Chinese Empire. Kirghiz people finally settled in the region that is now referred to as Kyrgyzstan. ] peoples settled in what is today southern Russia following the westward sweep of the Mongols under ] in the 13th century. Everywhere, Turkic groups mixed to some extent with other local populations. | |||
| As the ] declined after the Mongol invasion, the ], which was dominated by Oghuz groups, emerged as a new important Turkic state which came to dominate not only the Middle East, but also southeastern Europe and parts of southwestern Russia and northern Africa. Meanwhile, other Turkic groups founded dynasties in Iran (]) and northern ] (the ]). | |||
| The Ottoman Empire grew weaker in the face of repeated wars with Russia and Austria and the emergence of nationalist movements in the Balkans, and finally gave way after ] to the present-day republic of ]. | |||
| Presently, the largest group of Turkic people is living in Turkey. Other major Turkic groups are living in ], ], ], ], and ]. Additionally, other Turkic people live in the Xinjiang region of China (]), ] & ] (Azeri, Uzbeks, Turkmens), ] (Tatars, Yakuts), and ] (Gagauz). Turks also live in ] and the Balkans. | |||
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| '''Turkic States''' | |||
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| '''Turkic/Mongol States''' | |||
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